There are 9 ways to get from Chico to Ann Arbor by train, plane, bus, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, or subway
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Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Detroit, bus
best- Take the train from Chico Amtrak to Sacramento
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Detroit (DTW)SMF - DTW
- Take the bus from Detroit Metro Airport to Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI
10h 30m$159–482Bus
- Take the bus from Chico Bus Station to Sacramento Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Ann Arbor
2d 7h$201–611Bus, train (Amtrak)
- Take the bus from Chico Amtrak to Sacramento
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Ann Arbor Amtrak Station
2d 10hDrive 2,293.3 mi
- Drive from Chico to Ann Arbor2,293.3 mi
35h 34m$419–605Train to Redding Municipal Airport, fly to Detroit, bus
- Take the train from Chico Amtrak to Redding Amtrak
- Fly from Redding Municipal Airport (RDD) to Detroit (DTW)RDD - DTW
- Take the bus from Detroit Metro Airport to Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI
12h 49m$161–734Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Detroit, bus
- Take the train from Chico Amtrak to Sacramento
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Detroit (DTW)SFO - DTW
- Take the bus from Detroit Metro Airport to Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI
13h 25m$172–419Train, train to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Detroit, bus
- Take the train from Chico Amtrak to Sacramento
- Take the train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtrak
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Detroit (DTW)SJC - DTW
- Take the bus from Detroit Metro Airport to Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI
14h 23m$274–500Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
- Take the train from Chico Amtrak to Sacramento
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)SMF - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Ann Arbor Amtrak Station
14h 18m$207–547Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Bishop International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Chico Amtrak to Sacramento
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Bishop International Airport (FNT)SMF - FNT
- Take the bus from Flint, MI to East Lansing, MI
- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI
15h 12m$252–940
Chico to Ann Arbor by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chico to Ann Arbor is to train and BART and fly and bus which costs $170 - $420 and takes 13h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Chico to Ann Arbor is to train and fly and bus which takes 10h 30m and costs $150 - $490.
No, there is no direct bus from Chico station to Ann Arbor. However, there are services departing from Chico Bus Station and arriving at Ann Arbor via Sacramento Bus Station, Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station and Chicago Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Chico and Ann Arbor is 2151 miles. The road distance is 2306.7 miles.
The best way to get from Chico to Ann Arbor without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 7h and costs $200 - $650.
It takes approximately 10h 30m to get from Chico to Ann Arbor, including transfers.
Chico to Ann Arbor bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Chico Bus Station.
Chico to Ann Arbor bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Sacramento Bus Station.
Ann Arbor is 3h ahead of Chico. It is currently 3:03 PM in Chico and 6:03 PM in Ann Arbor.
Yes, the driving distance between Chico to Ann Arbor is 2307 miles. It takes approximately 35h 34m to drive from Chico to Ann Arbor.
What companies run services between Chico, CA, USA and Ann Arbor, MI, USA?
You can take a bus from Chico Bus Station to Ann Arbor via Sacramento Bus Station, Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station, and Chicago Bus Station in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Redding Municipal Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Redding Municipal Airport to Detroit via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Bishop International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Bishop International Airport via Denver, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Redding Municipal Airport to Detroit via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Detroit via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Bishop International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–380
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Bishop International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Bishop International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chico Amtrak to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–430
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Ann Arbor Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chico Amtrak to Redding Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $17–29
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $9–65
- Business - advance purchase
- $13–90
- Business Class
- $22–180
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–26
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $34–39
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 517-333-0400
- info@michiganflyer.com
- Website
- michiganflyer.com
Bus from Detroit Metro Airport to Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–16
- Website
- Michigan Flyer
- Child 2-16
- $7–9
- Adult
- $11–16
Bus from East Lansing, MI to Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–24
- Website
- Michigan Flyer
- Child 2-16
- $8–10
- Adult
- $17–24
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chico Bus Station to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Ann Arbor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Chico Bus Station to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–85
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–80
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–260
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Ann Arbor
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Chico Amtrak to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- indiantrails.com
Bus from Flint, MI to East Lansing, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–25
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
Bus from East Lansing, MI to Ann Arbor- Blake Transit Ctr., MI
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–28
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
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